Council policies and strategies

A

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Employment Strategy and Action Plan 2017—2027(PDF, 4MB) (adopted July 2017)

Access and inclusion

Access and Inclusion Plan 2021—2026(PDF, 2MB) (adopted November 2021)

Advocacy

Advocacy Strategy 2022—2026(PDF, 1MB) (adopted July 2022)

Art collection

Art Collection Policy 2023—2026(PDF, 282KB) (adopted May 2023)

Assets

Asset Management Policy(PDF, 282KB) (adopted November 2021)

Asset Management Strategy 2021—2025(PDF, 2MB) (adopted November 2021)

Asset Plan 2022—2032(PDF, 5MB) (adopted June 2022) 

B

Breathing Space

Breathing Space - The Darebin Open Space Strategy(PDF, 9MB) (adopted September 2019)

Borrowing

Borrowing Policy - August 2023 - June 2025(PDF, 253KB) (adopted August 2023)

Bundoora Park Precinct

Bundoora Park Precinct Masterplan 2013—2025(PDF, 9MB)

C

Car Share

Car Share Policy - February 2015(PDF, 175KB)

CEO

CEO Employment and Remuneration Policy(PDF, 213KB) updated February 2025 (adopted December 2021)

Christmas decorations for Darebin Retail Centres

Christmas Decorations for Darebin Retail Centres Policy - February 2012—2015(PDF, 251KB) (adopted February 2012)

Climate Emergency Plan 

Darebin Climate Emergency Plan 2024-2030(PDF, 19MB)

Community engagement

Community Engagement Policy 2023(PDF, 311KB) (adopted September 2021)

Councillors

Community Complaints about a Councillor(PDF, 232KB) (adopted August 2023)

Councillor Model Code of Conduct(PDF, 634KB) (adopted November 2024)(PDF, 634KB)

Councillor Gift Policy(PDF, 400KB) (adopted March 2023)

Councillor Interaction Protocol(PDF, 179KB) (adopted November 2022)

Councillor Media and Social Media Policy(PDF, 207KB) (adopted February 2023)

Councillor OH&S Policy(PDF, 283KB) (adopted December 2022)

Councillor Support and Expenses Policy 2021(PDF, 588KB)

Council plan

Council Plan 2021 -2025 (revised)(PDF, 6MB) (adopted June 2023)

Council Plan Action Plan 2023-2024(PDF, 647KB) (adopted June 2023)

Council Plan Action Plan 2022-2023(PDF, 653KB) (adopted June 2022)

Covid-19 financial hardship

COVID-19 Financial Hardship Policy(PDF, 261KB) (adopted March 2020)

Creative and cultural infrastructure

Creative and Cultural Infrastructure Framework(PDF, 8MB) (adopted March 2018)

D

Darebin Creek

Darebin Creek Management Plan(PDF, 4MB) (adopted November 2017)

Darebin Families, Youth and Children

Darebin Families, Youth and Children Strategy: A Framework for Collective Action(PDF, 532KB) (adopted August 2024)

Development contributions

Development Contributions Plan 2019 - amended December 2023(PDF, 4MB) (adopted December 2023)

Domestic animals

Domestic Animal Management Plan 2022—2025(PDF, 3MB) (adopted February 2022)

E

Early years

Early Years Infrastructure Planning Framework 2021-2041(PDF, 710KB) (adopted May 2022)

Economic land use

Economic Land Use Strategy(PDF, 3MB) (adopted September 2014)

Election

Election Period Policy(PDF, 863KB) (adopted June 2024)

Electoral Advertising Signage and Electioneering Policy 202(PDF, 201KB)4(PDF, 201KB) (adopted June 2024)

Electric vehicle charging

Electric vehicle charging policy(PDF, 181KB) (adopted June 2022)

Electronic gaming

Electronic Gaming Machine Policy 2023—2027(PDF, 114KB) (adopted November 2023)

Electronic Gaming Machine Policy Action Plan 2023—2027(PDF, 114KB) (adopted November 2023)

Employees

Employee code of conduct(PDF, 218KB) (adopted March 2020)

Environmentally sustainable design (ESD) buildings

Environmentally Sustainable Design (ESD) Building Policy(PDF, 504KB) (adopted February 2024)

Equal opportunity

Equal opportunity policy(PDF, 167KB) (adopted May 2020)

F

Fairfield Village

Fairfield Village Built Form Guidelines(PDF, 16MB) (adopted December 2017)

Fairfield Village Heritage Assessment(PDF, 28MB) (adopted December 2017)

Footpath trading

Footpath Trading Policy(PDF, 381KB) (adopted November 2015)

G

Gender equity and preventing violence against women

Gender Equity and Preventing Violence Against Women Action Plan 2019—2023(PDF, 773KB) (adopted June 2019)

Gender Equity and Preventing Violence Against Women Action Plan 2019—2023 - Appendices(PDF, 331KB) (adopted June 2019)

Governance rules

Governance Rules 2020 -(PDF, 1MB)Including Election Period Policy adopted(PDF, 1MB) June 2024(PDF, 1MB) (adopted June 2024)

Graffiti

Graffiti Management Strategy 2019—2023(PDF, 1MB)

H

Housing

Housing Strategy 2013 - revised June 2015(PDF, 7MB) 

I

Integrated weeds

Integrated Weed Management Strategy 2019—2023(PDF, 12MB) (adopted December 2019)

Investment and Treasury

Investment and Treasury Policy 26 April 2022(PDF, 215KB) (adopted April 2022)

J

Junctions

Junction Urban Masterplan: from Pavement to Place(PDF, 23MB) (adopted March 2014)